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HARDWOOD RECORD 



FLOYD DAY, 



CLAY CITY. KENTUCKY VICE- 

 I'RKSIDEXT 



ELMER W. lIAKItlS. CEDAR FALLS, IOWA 

 VICE-PRESIDENT 



SrilWIXrr. PLAQCEMINE, 

 VHE-I'RESIDENT 



LOUISIANA 



electiDS a si'crotiiry for the unsuiny: .year, the following moetinss have 

 been held, and (ho matters referred to below taken tip and action 

 decided on : 



1. May 14, at t'ineiunati ; Mr. Carrier outlined to the hoard the 

 result of conference he had held w'ilh eastern lumbermen, l)oth in person 

 and by correspondence, as well as the fact of certain correspondence with 

 the secretary's office, and recommended that action be taken leading to 

 a formal conference with thera. A committee was appointed to repre- 

 sent our association in a conference which was to take place on May 

 .SI. which committee appointed with power to act consisted of the 

 following : K. II. ^'ansant. >V. M. lUtter, (ioo. E. W, Luehrmaun. ,1. 11. 

 Himmelheiger, P. A. Kirhy. \V. B. Burke, C. M. Ci'awford. .7. W. Love, 

 W. A. Gilchrist. W. K. DeLaney, W. B. Townsend, R. M. Carrier, ex- 

 officio. 



2. October 20, at (.''iDcimiati : Report was made to the hoard by 

 R. H. Vansant of an informal conference which bad been held by John 

 W. Love and himself with certain eastern representatives, he and Mr. 

 Love being present as individuals. Request for several changes in our 

 grading rules wei*e made at tliis meeting by some of the original eastern 

 lumbermen, signers of the agreement entered into June 1, hereinafter 

 referred to. 



A chief inspector was also decided upon, and Lewis Doster was elected 

 to this position, with authority to deputize any of the inspection force 

 to act as assistant chief inspector as conditions might demand. 



Eastern Grading Conferences 



The committee ap])ointe(.l by the president to meet in conference 

 certain eastern representative lumhermen attended the conference on 

 May 31, and on that date met representatives of the New York Lumber 

 Trade Association, the Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers' .4ssocia'- 

 tion. and other lumbermen, especiall.v those from Philadelphia. 



On June 1 we had come to an agreement as to a fair rule for hard- 

 wood lumber, in whicli woi-e set out the changes that were to he made in 

 our grading rule hook then current, and in which provisions were made 

 that such agreement was not to lie changed for a period of five years 

 without the consent of all parties signing the agreement. 



As soon as the conference was closed, a new grading rule book was 

 printed, effective June I, lilio. 



Bureau of Grades 



I.NSI'KCTION ]>KP.\nT:Mi;.NT 



^^■e have already advised our members tliror.gh our Bulletin Service 

 the past year as to the number of inspectors on ovir force and their 

 location, as well as the territory covered by each ; but lor the benefit 

 of all, and in view of the fact that slight changes have been made, we 

 give you this information as follows: 



Chicago tlistrict, John F. Fountain. 'U'heaton, 111 : territory, s^mthern 

 Wisconsin, northern Illinois aiui Indiana and southwestern Michigan. 



Eastern district. C. L. White, Philadelphia, Pa. ; territory. New Y'ork 

 City and north Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. 



St. IjOUis district, E. P. Thomas, St. Louis, Mo.; territory, the imme- 

 diate vicinity of St. Louis- farther south on occasion. 



Tennessee district, J. Lee P.rannon. Nashville, Tenn. ; territory, Nash- 

 ville and all of Tennessee, as occasion requires. 



Central district. P.. C. Kelly and D. M. Reed. Cincinnati: territory. 

 Ohio, Indiana, southeastern Michigan, wi'stern I*ennsylvania. and New 



Yoili, as well as West Virginia and Kentucky, We endeavor to have 

 one of these inspectors always in the northern part of this territory 

 and the other in tiu^ southern. 



Lumber complaints in the amount of lumber reinspected by otir 

 official inspectors in consuming markets — 6,423,127 feet. This amount 

 subdivided into different territories is as follows : 



Feet. 



Chicago district 1,520,650 



i:astern district 1,118.336 



St. Louis district 1,316,587 



Tennessee district theginning Oct., 1010) 58.541 



Central district 2,310,013 



6,324,127 



Till' ri'tiu'Us which we have received through expense liills made out to 

 cover reinspection work in the various consuming territories, when the 

 variaticm from original invoice was over four per cent, is .$8,507.28. 



Occasionally we are asked to send inspectors to the mills of members 

 for instruction purposes, and whi<'h we are glad to do at all times free 

 of charge to our meiul>ers. 1'his service has cost us during the past year 

 .fS.OOO. When on such visits it sometimes happens that our members 

 have the inspectors load a car for export shipment, or far West coast 

 (loints. We have loaded such cars this year, and tlie returns from that 

 service have amounted to $1,200. 



Issuing of Giuiuixri Ri;i.i:s 



At our last annual meeting a number of additions were made to the 

 grading rules of this association then in effect, and some changes and 

 eliminations made. New books were issued including such additions 

 under date of Marcli 31. 



On May 31 and June 1 a conference was held in New York City be- 

 tween representative members of this association and representatives of 

 the New Y'ork Lumlier Trade Association and the Eastern States Retail 

 Lumber Dealers' Association on the question of grading. The result was 

 that a new grading rule book was issued under date of June 1, incor- 

 porating the ideas of your representatives and the representatives of the 

 above named organizations. About lO.OOii books were printed at this 

 time, and all of these distributed. 



Immediately after this conference it was thought advisable to have 

 our grading rules printed in a convenient form to be carried in the 

 vest pocket, bound in leatlier, and they were so printed. 



Issuing of Statement of Market Conditions 

 Immediately after the annual meeting, in line with recommendations 

 made by the various statistical committees, showing conditions then 

 existing in tlie various woods, our Statement No. 1 was issued, on 

 February 15. 



On May 16 Statement No. 2 was issued, showing a slight variation 

 from the first publication, but since then, owing to the peculiar condi- 

 tions existing in the different markets, no new statement has been 

 published. 



If any ilems shown on our present statement are out of line with 

 exact conditions, it is hoped that the committees tor the different woods 

 will advise the secretary's office accordingly. 



Freight Traffic Matters 



This is a siiliject that is of vital imijorfauce to all the members of 

 this assficiniion. as well as to every one else interested in our industry. 



